> Ahh.. when using that you will only be able to use 8 bit fbdev driver in X
>
> To get a working screen setup, you will have to pass something like this
> in the bootx kernel args window:
>
> video=atyfb640x480@8-60 (640x480 resoltuion, 8 bit - you want to only
> use 8 bit for console anyway always, and at 60hz) .. sub in your wanted
> values.

I added 'video=atyfb:640x480-8' to my kernel options in BootX. I still got the
same garbled display on startup.
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